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Timeline of historic inventions

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This is a list of inventions, listed in chronological order.

Significant ancient inventions

Significant modern inventions, arranged in chronological order

Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same time, or may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded, version of the invention should be used here.


1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

  • Gunpowder (in China: used mostly for fireworks)

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century


19th century

20th century




21st century

  • put significant 21st century inventions here

Significant modern inventions, date as yet unknown or not noted

List in alphabetical order:


  • please add more inventions to this alphabetical list...
  • please add dates to inventions in this list and transfer them to the chronological list above...



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